1892
May 4
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord. - Early morning cloudy, then sun out before noon,
the afternoon exceedingly sultry & warm.
  To Ball's Hill by canoe for the day, which I
spent in planting trees. Birds were very numerous
in my woods, mostly migrating sparrows (Z. albicollis)
and Warblers (Yellow rumps & Palm Warblers).
Ruby-crowned Kinglets everywhere, especially among young
pines, singing freely.
  On the way down the river I saw, in the pasture
on the left, just below "Hunt's Pond", twenty-five female
Red-wings accompanied by five or six males, feeding
on the ground. Hitherto I have seen only a few
scattered females of this species, never more than
two in a day. I think these birds had just
arrived and that the males with them may have
joined them since they reached Concord. Caught a
Jumping Mouse in my hand among oak leaves near my house.
[margin]Flock of
[female] Red-wings[/margin]
[margin]May 5 [1892][/margin]
  Clear with clouds gathering in the N. W. at evening
and rain in the night. Rather cool.
  To Ball's Hill by canoe at 9.30 A.M. Spent
the day getting my house in order and in planting
trees. Two men in a boat from down river firing
at frequent intervals with shot guns in Davis's woods
& beyond, I know not at what.
  Yellow-rumps, Ruby-crowns, White-throated Sparrows
and a few Yellow Palm Warblers in my woods bearding
a Black-throated Green Warbler & Mniotiltas. About
noon a Hermit Thrush sang for a minute or more,
sotto voce, among the oaks just above my cabin.
My Phoebee still about the house singing but I
fear he has not secured a mate as yet. A Carolina
Rail singing in Great Meadows in P.M.
[margin]Hermit Thrush
singing.[/margin]